Virginia Lottery Law
This is Chapter 40 of the Code of Virginia, titled “Virginia Lottery Law.” It is part of Title 58.1, titled “Taxation.” It is part of Subtitle IV, titled “Other Sources Of State Revenue.” It’s comprised of the following 36 sections.
- § 58.1-4000
- Short title
- § 58.1-4001
- Establishment of state lottery
- § 58.1-4002
- Definitions
- § 58.1-4003
- Virginia Lottery established
- § 58.1-4004
- Membership of Board; appointment; terms; vacancies; removal; expenses
- § 58.1-4005
- Appointment, qualifications and salary of Director
- § 58.1-4006
- Powers of the Director
- § 58.1-4007
- Powers of the Board
- § 58.1-4007.1
- Lottery tickets to bear telephone number for compulsive gamblers
- § 58.1-4007.2
- Lottery tickets not to be sold over Internet
- § 58.1-4008
- Employees of the Department; background investigations of employees
- § 58.1-4009
- Licensing of lottery sales agents; penalty
- § 58.1-4010
- Authority of persons licensed as lottery sales agents; annual fee
- § 58.1-4011
- Meaning of "gross receipts."
- § 58.1-4012
- Suspension and revocation of licenses
- § 58.1-4013
- Right to prize not assignable; exceptions
- § 58.1-4014
- Price of tickets or shares; who may sell; penalty
- § 58.1-4014.1
- Method of payment for purchase of tickets or shares
- § 58.1-4015
- Sale of ticket or share to person under eighteen prohibited; penalty
- § 58.1-4016
- Gift to minor prohibited
- § 58.1-4017
- Alteration and forgery; presentation of counterfeit or altered ticket or share; penalty
- § 58.1-4018
- Prohibited actions; penalty
- § 58.1-4018.1
- Larceny of tickets; fraudulent notification of prizes; penalty
- § 58.1-4019
- Certain persons ineligible to purchase tickets or shares or receive prizes
- § 58.1-4019.1
- License required for "instant ticket" games or contests
- § 58.1-4020
- Unclaimed prizes
- § 58.1-4020.1
- Voluntary assignment of lottery prizes or pledge as collateral for a loan; requirements for the assignees and lenders
- § 58.1-4021
- Deposit of moneys received by agents; performance of functions, etc., in connection with operation of lottery; compensation of agents
- § 58.1-4022
- Virginia Lottery Fund
- § 58.1-4022.1
- Lottery Proceeds Fund
- § 58.1-4023
- Post-audit of accounts and transactions of Department; post-compliance audits
- § 58.1-4024
- Employees of the Department
- § 58.1-4025
- Exemption of lottery prizes and sales of tickets from state and local taxation
- § 58.1-4026
- Set-off of debts to the Commonwealth from prizes
- § 58.1-4027
- Judicial review
- § 58.1-4028
- Repealed